Anothers bread costs deare.
GEORGE HERBERTA poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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The offender never pardons.
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